Fonte da Telha beach near Lisbon
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An Irish father of three has died after kitesurfing during a holiday in Portugal, as Independent.ie reports.
The man, named locally as Tom Griffin, took ill on Fonte da Telha beach near Lisbon last Wednesday 12 June.
Tribute have been paid by the community in Maynooth where he lived, including from Intel in Leixlip where he worked in semi-conductor fabrication.
Independent.ie has more on the story HERE.
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